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B. MENDELSOHN KNITTED NECKWEAR v Filed June 23, 1950 BENJAMIN MENDELSOHN July 1, 1952 Patented July 1, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,s01,772 1 KNITTED NEOK'WE'AR Benjamin Mendelsohn,.New.York,-N..Y. ApplicationJune 23, 1950, SeriaTNo. '1'6958'09 4 Glaims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in the construction of knitted neckties.

Knitted ties as known heretofore 'are constructed in tubular form orina fiat form wherein threads of different weightsare utilized to ,provide the narrow and the wide portions of the tie.

It has been found that the tubular tie construction is unsatisfactory in that the double thickness of material prevents the forming of a small, neat knot therewith; and the known flat construction is unsatisfactory in that the means for forming the same must be capable of handling a plurality of threads of different weights.

One object of the invention is the provision of a knitted tie of flat construction in which all of the thread is of one thickness.

Another object of the invention is to construct the tie so that the same has a narrow portion for the back of the wearer's neck and for knot forming, and a wider frontal portion.

Another object of the present invention proposes the knitting of a single layer tie which will require conventional finish seaming only at its short end and which has its long end and both of its longitudinal sides formed with a selvage.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tie of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged face view of a portion of the tie illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary partially diagrammatic sectional view on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to Fig. 1, the tie of the invention comprises a wide frontal portion III, a back of the neck and knot forming narrow portion II, and a tail portion I2 wider than portion II but narrower than the front portion Ill.

The tie is formed on an ordinary fiat knitting machine with a plurality of longitudinal wales I3, see also Figs. 2 and 3, the outermost ones of which are bounded by the usual end loops I4 providing a selvage along the two longitudinal sides of the tie.

In Fig. 2 the stitching of the wales I3 is shown somewhat diagrammatically by herringboned lines; and in Fig. '3 the sectioning for ordinary fabric ;is utilized. This manner of illustration is-deemed desirable in view of the fact that the stitching involved in the tie is of .the ordinary kind and is extremely familiar -.to those skilled in the art.

In order to decrease'the widthof the .tie to form portion I I, the machine needles concerned with knitting the outermost wales I3 are dropped at the appropriate time to end said wales at the points I5, see Fig. 2. Then a few courses later the new outermost wales are ended as at I6, also by dropping the appropriate needles. By this method the number of wales and. therefore the width of the tie is decreased gradually until only the desired number of wales remains. Thus the number of wales in the narrow portion I I is substantially less than that in the frontal portion I0.

To form the tail portion I2 one or more pairs of the dropped needles are reenabled to form added wales.

It will be seen, therefore, that the tie of the invention is of flat construction and is formed with wide and narrow portions merely by omitting or adding wales through the manipulation of the appropriate machine needles. Knitting is started at the front portion I0 forming a selvage Illa at the end of the front portion, so that when knitting is completed the tie will have selvages at the long end and the two longitudinal sides. The tie is finished by finish seaming at the end In of the tail portion I2. In the knitting of conventional tubular ties it is necessary to finish seam the two ends of the tie as only the longitudinal sides of the tie have selvages.

On the drawing, the front portion In and the tail portion I2 are knit so as to have a plain appearance, but it is appreciated that those portions could be knit to include any desired decorative pattern. For instance, the portions Ill and I2 could be knit to have alternate laterally extending or alternate diagonally extending strips formed of differently colored threads, as is generally known in the art to which the present invention pertains.

While I have illustratedand described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I 3 claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A flat knitted tie comprising a single ply of knit material having a wide frontal portion,

a narrow knotting and back of the neck portion, and a tail portion wider than the said narrow portion but narrower than the said wide portion, the tie being formed with longitudinal wales, the ending of the outermost pairs of which forms said narrow portion.

2. A fiat knitted tie comprising a single ply of knit material having a wide frontal portion, a narrow knotting and back of the neck portion, and a tail portion wider than the said narrow portion but narrower than the said wide portion, the tie being formed with longitudinal wales of which the outermost pairs are ended successively to form said narrow portion.

3. A fiat knitted tie comprising a single ply of knit material having a wide frontal portion. a narrow knotting and back of the neck portion, and a tail portion wider than the said narrow portion but narrower than the said wide portion, the tie being formed with longitudinal wales of which the outermost pairs are ended successively to form said narrow portion, the tail portion being formed by adding one or more wales to those also, in the narrow portion.

4. A flat knitted tie comprising a single ply of knit material having a wide frontal portion, a narrow knotting and back of the neck portion, and a tail portion wider than the said narrow portion but narrower than the said wide por-- tion, the tie being formed with longitudinal wales, the ending of the outermost pairs of which forms said narrow portion, and the addition or one or more pairs of which to those in the narrow portion forms the tail portion.

BENJAMIN MENDELSOHN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,060,190 Kellner et a1. Apr. 29, 1913 1,072,471 Kellner et a1. Sept. 9, 1913 1,072,734 Kellner et a1. Sept. 9, 1913 1,073,050 Kellner et a1. Sept. 9, 1913 1,597,410 Hinchliff Aug. 24, 1926 2,511,947 Samuels June 20, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 647,495 France July 30, 1928 

